incurvate
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)vɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋkə(ɹ)veɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editincurvate (comparative more incurvate, superlative most incurvate)
Verb
editincurvate (third-person singular simple present incurvates, present participle incurvating, simple past and past participle incurvated)
- (transitive) To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to.
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
- Mr. Flamsteed's measures were taken with a micrometer that pinches or clasps the opposite edges of a planet which would incurvate the rays one way
- (intransitive) to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards.
References
edit- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “incurvate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Italian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editincurvate
- inflection of incurvare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editincurvate f pl
Latin
editParticiple
editincurvāte
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